

.. _sphx_glr_gallery_lines_bars_and_markers_errorbar_limits.py:


===============
Errorbar Limits
===============

Illustration of upper and lower limit symbols on errorbars



.. code-block:: python


    import numpy as np
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt








.. code-block:: python


    fig = plt.figure(0)
    x = np.arange(10.0)
    y = np.sin(np.arange(10.0) / 20.0 * np.pi)

    plt.errorbar(x, y, yerr=0.1)

    y = np.sin(np.arange(10.0) / 20.0 * np.pi) + 1
    plt.errorbar(x, y, yerr=0.1, uplims=True)

    y = np.sin(np.arange(10.0) / 20.0 * np.pi) + 2
    upperlimits = np.array([1, 0] * 5)
    lowerlimits = np.array([0, 1] * 5)
    plt.errorbar(x, y, yerr=0.1, uplims=upperlimits, lolims=lowerlimits)

    plt.xlim(-1, 10)




.. image:: /gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/images/sphx_glr_errorbar_limits_000.png
    :align: center





.. code-block:: python


    fig = plt.figure(1)
    x = np.arange(10.0) / 10.0
    y = (x + 0.1)**2

    plt.errorbar(x, y, xerr=0.1, xlolims=True)
    y = (x + 0.1)**3

    plt.errorbar(x + 0.6, y, xerr=0.1, xuplims=upperlimits, xlolims=lowerlimits)

    y = (x + 0.1)**4
    plt.errorbar(x + 1.2, y, xerr=0.1, xuplims=True)

    plt.xlim(-0.2, 2.4)
    plt.ylim(-0.1, 1.3)

    plt.show()



.. image:: /gallery/lines_bars_and_markers/images/sphx_glr_errorbar_limits_002.png
    :align: center




**Total running time of the script:** ( 0 minutes  0.275 seconds)



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     :download:`Download Python source code: errorbar_limits.py <errorbar_limits.py>`



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